To brainstorm topic ideas for your persuasive speech, start to think of issues about which you have strong opinions. Think about issues that are hot topics for discussion and debate. Make a list of topics that interest you which you have a solid stance on. Below is a list of sample topics, or go with one of your own.
- organ donation
- recycling
- gun control
- credit card usage for 18-21 year olds
- school uniforms
- Global Warming
- The dangers of gambling
- Euthanasia
- Avoiding junk food
- Volunteering
- Animal rights/testing
- Princess Diana – a cover up?
- Internet restrictions
- AIDS in Africa
- The Loch Ness monster really does exist
- How we can get more people to vote
- death penalty
- genetically modified crops
- The war in Iraq/Afghanistan
- The best president in US history
- In School Suspension, Out of School Suspension, and Detention
- Curfews
- Social networking age restrictions
- Oil drilling in the US
- Border patrol
- Illegal immigrants
- Non-US citizens college education grants
- Cyber bullying
- Tax debt forgiveness
- Obamacare
- Labor Unions